On recent Zoom call , Andersen sat desk , overlooking Pacific Ocean.He told initial suspicions reflected fact ’ known enough coronaviruses.His use term “ crackpot theories , ” said , reference , part , article circulating time , claimed SARS-CoV-2 engineered genetic inserts H.I.V.He also referred crackpot earlier discussions , said , since suspicions viral engineering widely shared. “ I think people thought I idiot even suggesting came lab. ” As pandemic progressed , everyone convinced natural-origin explanation.A zoonotic spillover would likely require intermediate animal bats humans , species yet identified.Initially , Huanan market , Wuhan , sold fish , produce , meat , seemed like source SARS-CoV-2.Nearly third hundred seventy-four earliest known cases linked Huanan .